MSHS group in enviro work

February 8, 2023

MARQUETTE — The Marquette Senior High School Environmental Club has partnered with Tree-Plenish to help make its community more sustainable. It intends to plant 240 saplings on May 13 to offset its school’s energy consumption from the past academic year. Visit http://tpevents.org/school/3195 to see the website designed and published for the MSHS Environmental Club by Tree-Plenish. Residents of the community can help the event now by ordering a sapling to be planted in their yard or sign up to volunteer to plant saplings on the day of the event. The order deadline is April ...

‘The Home Wind’ subject of Notable Book Club event

February 1, 2023

MARQUETTE — Maybe people of all ages can enjoy a book written for younger readers. A book geared toward middle-grade readers is the subject of the Feb. 9 U.P. Notable Book Club event. “The Home Wind,” by L’Anse author, columnist and publisher Terri Lynn Martin, will be discussed ...

Westwood junior accepted into flight academy

January 25, 2023

K.I. SAWYER — Brad Luce definitely is “aiming high” is the literal sense. However, he also has lofty career goals. Luce, a Westwood High School junior and the son of Trey and Susan Luce, has been selected for the U.S. Air Force Academy’s Aim High Flight Academy, an aviation ...

Heat detector finds explosive stars in cosmic game of ‘I spy’

January 25, 2023

MARQUETTE — A new way of exploring the universe has been under our noses for years. Scientists are only now discovering this by looking at the sky from a different perspective. A recent study shows how we can use existing technology to better understand distant objects with strange, previously unseen behavior. It’s a two-for-one: Technology that detects heat in the sky can also find supernovae and other cosmic explosions. “There are many explosive events occurring in the cosmos,” said Brian Metzger, an astrophysical theorist at Columbia University, who contributed to the ...

Drum circle to meet

January 25, 2023

MARQUETTE — The Marquette Community Drum Circle will be meeting to share the beat at 2 p.m. Thursday at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 555 Riverside Road, Marquette. Please use the lower level entrance, which faces M-28. No drumming experience is necessary- all skill levels are welcome! Some rhythm instruments will be available. For more information, call or text Lynn at 906-399-9824, or visit https://www.facebook.com/MarquetteDrummingCircle

He’s not leaving

January 18, 2023

MARQUETTE — As Russian forces continue with heavy artillery shelling and frequent missile strikes that have resulted in thousands of deaths and extensive destruction in Ukraine, Northern Michigan University alumnus Matt Maki has no plans to leave the country he has called home for the past ...